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How would you dry your wet clothes if your dryer didn't work? Find out with this fun experiment!

For a fun way to encourage your child to read, try this comprehension technique made to satisfy visual learners.

Children read a famous letter from the American Civil War, then write a response, in this thoughtful history activity.

Science isn't ho hum anymore when it involves building catapults to teach your fifth grader about projectile motion.

This kinesthetic learning activity will help your fourth grader get a firm grasp on the immensity of the solar system.

The objective of this science fair project is to set up a compost bin to convert food scraps and organic waste.

In this science fair project, apply the principles of leverage and force by building six simple machines designed to set weights in motion.

Your child can turn cookie dough into a big pile of colorful painted fall leaves ready for eating!

Ready for takeoff! Make science fun and teach about levers and fulcrums as your child sends buttons flying.

Here's a game your child is sure to love playing with her friends: French Cricket. Just grab a baseball bat and a tennis ball, and you're set.

Start by writing an acrostic poem, but then get ready for a writing challenge that makes an acrostic trickier to write.

Play multiplication war, a fun card game, with your child and before long those annoying multiplication facts will be part of her mathematical skill set.

Get ready to make a dollar...using playing cards! The first player to accumulate the amount of points equal to a dollar wins.

Here's an activity to teach your fourth grader how to reflect on her past year and set specific, attainable goals to reach in the New Year.

Grab some rope and a couple of rafts and you're ready to play Rope Rush, an exciting race game for the pool!

Help your child get ready for back to school with this fun fifth grade activity, which has him creating an "I'm Studying" door sign.

There are hundreds of properties in rocks which you can describe, so get your geology goggles on and get ready to rock your child's science skills.

Recruit a grandparent, pen pal, or far-off friend and get ready to engage your child in some old-fashioned communication, with a new twist.

Here's an activity to help your child manage their nonfiction reading by focusing on the most important elements of what she's read.

Children will reflect on the importance of performing acts of kindness for the Earth, hear a story about easy ways they can care for the Earth, and set goals to conserve more in their everyday lives.

Photo coasters are a lot of fun, and this tutorial helps you make a unique set of low-cost photo coasters. Craft some photo coasters with your child.

New Year's Eve invitations are festive and easy for kids to make. Create a set of New Year's Eve invitations to invite guests to your home this December 31.

Ready for a game that's mostly about strategy with a little luck thrown in for good measure? Make math fact practice exciting and start rolling the dice!

Is cleaning with lemon effective? Get ready to give this science project some elbow grease and find out if acidic lemons can be used as a cleaning agent.

This experiment explores whether reading text on a computer screen or type on paper leads to better retention of the information read.

Challenge your child to an exciting race across the pool and engage them in a game of Cruise Ship. Grab some plastic figures, hop in the pool, and you're set.

Are you looking for an easy-to-play, fun game? Try Cat and Mouse. All you need is a large bed sheet or tablecloth, a "cat" and a "mouse", and you're all set.

Merge the excitement of basketball tournaments with students’ excitement about books! This activity gives kids a chance to read and form opinions about the books.

Washi Ningyo, otherwise known as Japanese paper dolls, make fantastic bookmarks! Encourage your child to read more with this delightful, origami-inspired doll.